Phacelia mohavensis
| Phacelia mohavensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Hydrophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Phacelia |
| Species: | P. mohavensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phacelia mohavensis | |
Phacelia mohavensis is a species of phacelia known by the common name Mojave phacelia.[1] It is endemic to southern California, where it is mostly limited to the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains.[2][3] It grows in the forests and wooded slopes of the mountains in sandy and gravelly substrates.[2]
Description
Phacelia mohavensis is an annual herb producing a mostly unbranched erect stem up to 25 centimeters tall. It is glandular and coated lightly in stiff hairs. The leaves are linear or lance-shaped, smooth-edged, and up to 4.5 centimeters in length.[4]
The hairy, glandular inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is just under a centimeter long and white to pale blue in color with a yellowish tubular throat.[2] It has a calyx of long, narrow, fuzzy-haired sepals.
References
- ^ "Phacelia mohavensis A. Gray". USDA Plants Database. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ a b c Lee, Gregory J. (1988). "A Systematic Re-Evaluation of Phacelia mohavensis var. exilis (Hydrophyllaceae)". Systematic Botany. 13 (1): 18. doi:10.2307/2419237. Retrieved 2025-11-25 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Phacelia mohavensis A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ Gray, Asa (1878). Synoptical flora of North America. New York: American Book Company. pp. 164–165. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10847.
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